'Tumidness' definitions:
Definition of 'tumidness'
From: WordNet
noun
Slight swelling of an organ or part [syn: tumidity, tumidness]
Definition of 'Tumidness'
From: GCIDE
- Tumid \Tu"mid\, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. Thumb.]
- 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster]
- So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style. [1913 Webster] -- {Tu"mid*ly}, adv. -- {Tu"mid*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]